Topic-comment structure in Chinese sentence building
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You know how in English the sentence always follows the same order — subject, verb, object? "I don't like this dish." The dish comes last because that's where objects live in English. Chinese doesn't care about that rule at all.
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If something is already on your mind, or already established in the conversation, you can just put it at the front and then say what you think about it. 这个菜我不喜欢(This dish i not like)— you lead with "this dish" and then you say "I don't like." The dish


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